The Screen Actors Guild Awards have announced their nominees, with The Help leading the pack with four nominations. The Artist also fared very well, while Hugo, Harry Potter, War Horse, and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close received no recognition. Here are their lists:

BEST ENSEMBLE CASTThe Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
Midnight in Paris

Left out: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hugo, War Horse, and The Ides of March. As I mentioned yesterday, no film has won Best Picture without a SAG nomination in 15 years, which isn’t a great sign for Hugo, which has been surging lately.

BEST ACTOR
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The DescendantsLeonardo DiCaprio, J. EdgarJean Dujardin, The ArtistBrad Pitt, Moneyball

Left out: Michael Fassbender,Shame; Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Woody Harrelson, Rampart. The pleasant surprise here is Bichir from this summer’s little-seen but fantastic immigration drama A Better Life. Maybe this nomination will lead more Academy members to watch the thing. Darker films like Shame and Rampart were skunked.

Left out: Albert Brooks, Drive; Patton Oswalt, Young Adult; Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. For the first time, Albert Brooks vulnerability is beginning to show. After winning the most critics prizes so far, he failed to connect with SAG voters. This race remains the toughest to call.

Left out: Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus; Shailene Woodley, The Descendants; Carey Mulligan, Shame. The most glaring omission here is Woodley, who could still score an Academy nod. But at whose expense? At this point, Bejo, McCarthy, and Spencer seem like the sure things for inclusion next month.